Curiosities relating to the gondola, past and present
Lamp at a traghetto (gondola ferry) crossing point..
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Special coins for crossing the Grand Canal by traghetto.
Gondola di traghetto (used to ferry people across the Grand Canal)
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The mariegola of the gondola builders was established in 1607. It is a book in which the laws of the confraternities and corporations were written.
Hand-made, zinc-coated, square-section nails in use until 1915. From left: 14 piccolo (3,5 cm), 14 grande (4 cm.), canal (5 cm), canal bote (6 cm).
Copper coins used to pay for the ferry crossing from Venezia to the Lido or vice-versa. Early 20th century.
Dedication to the art of the squeraroli (gondola builders) on the altar in the Church of San Trovaso.
